Our flight from Atlanta to Baltimore was quite the opposite from our flight to Atlanta. Instead of sitting in the airport for 8 hours, we arrived just as our flight was starting to board. Close one!!
One of our favorite things to do with Aunt Lindsey is eat at Chuck-A-Rama (all-you-can eat buffet restaurant). There aren't any Chuck-A-Rama restaurants by Lindsey, but there is a Golden Corral, which is very similar. We had a great time visiting and catching up over dinner. In fact, Lindsey and I were having such a good time talking that I wasn't consciously aware of the fact that my kids were arriving with dessert after dessert after dessert... That night they were both a little sugar crazy, but we made it through.
We were able to meet one of Lindsey's best friends, Della, and visit with her a little that first night. Then we drove to another friend's house who had offered to let us all stay at her house while we were there (including Lindsey!). She was absolutely the kindest person I have ever met! She also eats the kind of diet I have been trying to adopt, so I really enjoyed talking to her about meal ideas.
The next day, our host loaded us up with fruit to take on our trip into Washington D.C. Morgan and Brynne absolutely loved riding on the metro. Unfortunately, I failed to pull out the camera when they were "surfing" and swinging on the center rails and such. I did get a good picture of both of them on the metro with Aunt Lindsey, though. :)
After grabbing a bite to eat (where I found out McDonald's salads aren't that bad), we began our tour with a visit to the Air and Space Museum. Everywhere was really crowded, but the girls still enjoyed looking at the various exhibits. Here we are with Aunt Lindsey in front of some of the hanging planes. I'll admit we took this one for Lee. :)
Brynne tires easily when we walk a lot, so we opted to see many of the sights from afar. Below are some pics of all of us in front of the Capital Building and the White House.
As we walked back toward the museums, the girls enjoyed running and jumping on the cement wall. I was sad I wasn't able to get a picture of Brynne coming towards me (I did get one of her jumping away from me) until I discovered that you can see Brynne jumping in the background of this picture of Morgan. Talk about two for one! (And yes, all this running and jumping occurred after Brynne's feet were so tired that I had to give her a piggy back ride...)
Waiting for a chance to cross the street...
Our last stop was the Natural History Museum. Melissa had been a real trooper staying in her stroller the entire morning. We decided to let her out once we got to the museum. Does she look excited to be free or what?
I snapped this impromptu shot while Melissa and I were riding up an escalator at the museum.
There was a short period of time where Melissa wanted to hold both Morgan's and Brynne's hands. I managed to get a picture of the three of them looking at one of the displays.
This picture is really, really blury, but I wanted to throw it in here anyway to show that we were at the National Archive, where National Treasure was filmed. We passed by it on our way to the metro as the sun was setting.
Another bonus of where we stayed was that our host has a daughter who my girls absolutely loved playing with! She too was so kind and sweet! She heard that my girls like pancakes, so she made pancakes for everyone for breakfast (to go along with the staple green smoothies). She also made some cooked muesli for me when she heard me saying I like it. Here's a picture of her daughter and Brynne cooking breakfast.
Before hopping on our late afternoon flight on Saturday, we planned to go to the aquarium in Baltimore. Just as we were finishing getting ready to go, we discovered that someone had bashed in Lindsey's window in the middle of the night. We're certain it was a random act, but it made it so we couldn't go to the aquarium. Thankfully it wasn't as devastating to the girls when they realized they could stay and play with our host's daughter a bit! Lindsey took this picture just before cleaning up the last pile of glass. The vandals completely shattered her driver's side window.
Our host was kind enough to let Lindsey drive her car so she could still get us to the airport. We hit up Golden Corral one more time for good measure (and to make sure everyone had full tummies until the next time we could get food), and then headed to the airport. We once again made it just as the flight was boarding. Thankfully, we got on the flight and managed to get home without any other difficulties. As luck would have it, Lee's flight landed just a few minutes before ours, so he got to our gate just as we were getting off the plane.
It is always so much fun to spend time with Aunt Lindsey! She was so nice to take a day of off work and show us around D.C. a little bit. If my kids had it their way we'd live with Lindsey's friend and her daughter, and be with Aunt Lindsey all the time. :) Definitely a fun Spring Break!
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